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Grex > Agora46 > #8: I'm Bummed, I'm Bummed, I'm really really Bummed | |
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orinoco
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response 75 of 594:
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Jul 1 15:05 UTC 2003 |
(psst... "cats and women")
jor -- yeah: got all four wisdom teeth out.
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senna
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response 76 of 594:
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Jul 1 21:05 UTC 2003 |
There's a difference between being healthily selective (which is undervalued)
and being excessively picky. I know more than one person who disqualifies
every potential match on some grounds or another, and/or who sabotages those
relationships to keep them from working out. Sometimes intentionally,
sometimes otherwise.
There is no sure-fire method--otherwise, people would be doing it. All people
would be doing it. There are, however, things to do that can help.
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slynne
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response 77 of 594:
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Jul 1 21:27 UTC 2003 |
I think it is easy to be critical about people being "overly picky".
Let me ask you this, since you are about to get married. Are you in
love with this woman who is your fiance? I would submit that most
people who disqualify every potential match on some grounds or another
probably are not really in love and are looking for a way out. In other
words, they havent been lucky enoungh to find a person they could
really fall in love with. If you didnt really love your fiance, would
you stay with her or would you maybe start thinking of reasons to
disqualify her?
Of course, there are people who choose to be single but pretend to make
an effort to be with someone because of societal pressures.
And there are certainly things a person can do to improve the odds in
the romantic relationship game. I dont dispute that at all. Let's face
it, the Jennifer Anistons of the world have more options than the
Roseanne Barrs. But, ultimately it still comes down to luck.
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tod
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response 78 of 594:
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Jul 1 21:54 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 79 of 594:
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Jul 1 22:29 UTC 2003 |
How many people think you have to fall in love with someone to want to live
with them? That seems like a pretty unrealistic requirement.
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tod
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response 80 of 594:
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Jul 1 23:11 UTC 2003 |
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richard
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response 81 of 594:
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Jul 1 23:49 UTC 2003 |
IBB Katherine Hepburn died on Sunday. Not only was she one of Hollywood's
greatest stars, but she was a feminist well before her time. She was living
in sin with a married man, Spencer Tracy, for many years during a time when
such arrangements would have been scandalous. She didn't care what other
people thought, she did her own thing. Katherine Hepburn was cool.
Also liked the story that she won a record four best actress academy awards,
and never showed up to accept any of them. When Hepburn won for "Lion in
Winter", a friend went and picked up her oscar at the ceremony. She told him
to just drop by her house, put the statue in a paper bag, and stick it in a
cupboard. Two decades later, this friend was visiting and remembered doing
that. He looked in the cupboard and the oscar was still there, in the paper
bag. Hepburn had never looked at it, much less had it engraved.
She was one of a kind. RIP
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keesan
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response 82 of 594:
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Jul 2 02:38 UTC 2003 |
re 81 - it is not about housemates.
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senna
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response 83 of 594:
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Jul 2 03:10 UTC 2003 |
I'm talking about people who disqualify peotential mates before it gets very
serious. Of course, people don't always realize what's involved in committed
relationships.
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anderyn
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response 84 of 594:
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Jul 2 13:23 UTC 2003 |
Bummed because our office has had windows replaced and my allergies flared
up big time, so had to use personal time to book it out of there. And because
the cat is having a big "MEW MAMA FIX THINGS" breakdown, all night, every half
hour, she'd come in and MEW at me.
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lynne
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response 85 of 594:
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Jul 2 17:19 UTC 2003 |
Gahhh. I have about 48 hours' worth of work to do in the next 24. Also,
my boss is a complete ass. Just in case I haven't mentioned it before.
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gregb
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response 86 of 594:
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Jul 2 17:23 UTC 2003 |
And hope he/she doesn't doesn't Grex.
IBB I bought an SATA HD and didn't know it required a different power
connection than that used with ATA drives. So now I have a drive and
no way to power it. B-(
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eskarina
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response 87 of 594:
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Jul 2 21:20 UTC 2003 |
re 81: I would argue that "living in sin" with a married man could/would and
perhaps should still be considered "scandalous", or at least wrong.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: there's too much cheating in the
world today.
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jazz
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response 88 of 594:
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Jul 2 23:47 UTC 2003 |
"Living in sin" is a nice concept if you subscribe to that particular
system of beliefs. A lot of people don't. But it doesn't imply adultery or
non-monogamy.
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lynne
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response 89 of 594:
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Jul 2 23:49 UTC 2003 |
Oh, I'm pretty sure he knows he's an ass. And positive he doesn't grex.
IBB Richard misspelled "Katharine Hepburn".
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richard
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response 90 of 594:
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Jul 2 23:57 UTC 2003 |
#89...no I didn't...re-read my post, I spelled "katherine hepburn"
correctly
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richard
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response 91 of 594:
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Jul 2 23:59 UTC 2003 |
richard's original post:
"IBB Katherine Hepburn died on Sunday. Not only was she one of
Hollywood's greatest stars, but she was a feminist well before her
time. She was living in sin with a married man, Spencer Tracy, for
many years during a time when such arrangements would have been
scandalous. She didn't care what other people thought, she did her own
thing. Katherine Hepburn was cool.
Also liked the story that she won a record four best actress academy
awards,and never showed up to accept any of them. When Hepburn won
for "Lion in Winter", a friend went and picked up her oscar at the
ceremony. She told him to just drop by her house, put the statue in a
paper bag, and stick it in a cupboard. Two decades later, this friend
was visiting and remembered doing that. He looked in the cupboard and
the oscar was still there, in the paper bag. Hepburn had never looked
at it, much less had it engraved.
She was one of a kind. RIP"
don't see any misspelled katherine hepburns...
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keesan
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response 92 of 594:
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Jul 3 00:06 UTC 2003 |
Katharine vs Katherine (a - e)
If she was living with a married man, he was probably not also living with
his wife, meaning they were at least physically separated but not divorced.
Divorce used to be more difficult.
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richard
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response 93 of 594:
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Jul 3 00:07 UTC 2003 |
okay I did a google search, and its spelled both ways in numerous places. they
are both correct spellings
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jaklumen
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response 94 of 594:
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Jul 3 00:42 UTC 2003 |
my 13 mo. old daughter is cutting her first molars and a canine, and
it's just knocking her out. Poor little Sarah.
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richard
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response 95 of 594:
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Jul 3 01:21 UTC 2003 |
IBB famed children's author Robert McCloskey died today at age 88.
McCloskey was the author of one of my alltime favorite books when I was
little, "Make Way for Ducklings" I love that book. In fact I gave a
copy of it to my little niece not too long ago.
RIP
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gelinas
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response 96 of 594:
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Jul 3 02:44 UTC 2003 |
(While there are many spellings of the name, each holder usually uses only
one spelling. Using a different spelling is incorrect. I don't know how Ms.
Hepburn spelled her name.)
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tod
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response 97 of 594:
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Jul 3 04:31 UTC 2003 |
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remmers
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response 98 of 594:
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Jul 3 13:38 UTC 2003 |
(FWIW, it's spelled "Katharine" in her New York Times obit and everywhere
on IMDB. I think we can assume that this spelling is correct and others
are not.)
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tod
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response 99 of 594:
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Jul 3 15:56 UTC 2003 |
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